The Cold War
... The "Iron Curtain" is a Western term made famous by Winston Churchill referring to the boundary which symbolically, ideologically, and physically divided Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War. ...
... The "Iron Curtain" is a Western term made famous by Winston Churchill referring to the boundary which symbolically, ideologically, and physically divided Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War. ...
Cold War Super Powers Face Off
... enter the war against Japan. Stalin also promised that eastern European countries taken by the USSR in the war would have free elections. Also in 1945 both the U.S. and Soviet Union joined the United Nations. ...
... enter the war against Japan. Stalin also promised that eastern European countries taken by the USSR in the war would have free elections. Also in 1945 both the U.S. and Soviet Union joined the United Nations. ...
The Cold War Unfolds
... IV. Limiting Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War both sides did meet to make progress toward reducing the threat of nuclear weapons 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation (NPT) Treaty 1972 SALT I (Strategic Arms LimitationTalks)froze existing #of nukes, ABM treaty ...
... IV. Limiting Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War both sides did meet to make progress toward reducing the threat of nuclear weapons 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation (NPT) Treaty 1972 SALT I (Strategic Arms LimitationTalks)froze existing #of nukes, ABM treaty ...
21-2
... supported American participation in a military alliance with Western Europe. By April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense alliance, was created with initially twelve countries joining. The members agreed to come to the aid of any member who was attacked. D. The U.S. ...
... supported American participation in a military alliance with Western Europe. By April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense alliance, was created with initially twelve countries joining. The members agreed to come to the aid of any member who was attacked. D. The U.S. ...
Name - Reeths-Puffer Schools
... Germany, Japan, and Italy. __________________________________________________________________________ Treaty of Versailles: The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which harshly punished the Germany people. _____________________________________________ ...
... Germany, Japan, and Italy. __________________________________________________________________________ Treaty of Versailles: The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which harshly punished the Germany people. _____________________________________________ ...
Cold War and the Post-WWII World
... • The U.S. did not want to fight another world war. • Diplomat George Kennan advocated a policy of containment. • This meant not directly attacking the U.S.S.R., but checking any possible expansion. • The Cold War became more complicated in 1949 with the revolution in China that brought Mao Zedong a ...
... • The U.S. did not want to fight another world war. • Diplomat George Kennan advocated a policy of containment. • This meant not directly attacking the U.S.S.R., but checking any possible expansion. • The Cold War became more complicated in 1949 with the revolution in China that brought Mao Zedong a ...
17-5 notes
... • Leonid Brezhnev—Soviet leader after Khrushchev—represses dissent • In 1968, Warsaw Pact troops block reforms in Czechoslovakia ...
... • Leonid Brezhnev—Soviet leader after Khrushchev—represses dissent • In 1968, Warsaw Pact troops block reforms in Czechoslovakia ...
The Cold War 1945-1989
... and Communists in China since the 1920s. In 1949, under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the Communists won and established the People’s Republic of China. The Nationalists fled to Taiwan and claimed to be the legitimate government of China, establishing the Republic of China. The U.S. and UN recognize ...
... and Communists in China since the 1920s. In 1949, under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the Communists won and established the People’s Republic of China. The Nationalists fled to Taiwan and claimed to be the legitimate government of China, establishing the Republic of China. The U.S. and UN recognize ...
The End of WW2 - Mr Barck`s Classroom
... a military alliance among several North Atlantic states to safeguard them from the presumed threat of the Soviet Union’s communist bloc • Warsaw Pact – __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ What issues arose in the after ...
... a military alliance among several North Atlantic states to safeguard them from the presumed threat of the Soviet Union’s communist bloc • Warsaw Pact – __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ What issues arose in the after ...
Cold War (1945-1991) U.S./Soviet Comparison
... Free Enterprise/capitalism Socialist (gov’t (private ownership) controls everything) ...
... Free Enterprise/capitalism Socialist (gov’t (private ownership) controls everything) ...
The Early Cold War
... 2. Secretary of State, George Marshall 3. The U. S. should provide aid to all European nations that need it. This move is notDomino against any country or doctrine, Theory believe that if left butuncheck againstthat hunger, poverty, desperation, communism would spread andquickly chaos. containment w ...
... 2. Secretary of State, George Marshall 3. The U. S. should provide aid to all European nations that need it. This move is notDomino against any country or doctrine, Theory believe that if left butuncheck againstthat hunger, poverty, desperation, communism would spread andquickly chaos. containment w ...
Unit 10- The Cold War
... camps. U.S. supporters and U.S.S.R supporters. ► In hopes of avoiding conflict the United Nations was formed. ► Within the organization was the Security Council which consisted of the United States, Great Britain, France, U.S.S.R, and China. Each of these countries had the power to veto any action t ...
... camps. U.S. supporters and U.S.S.R supporters. ► In hopes of avoiding conflict the United Nations was formed. ► Within the organization was the Security Council which consisted of the United States, Great Britain, France, U.S.S.R, and China. Each of these countries had the power to veto any action t ...
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... The United States was furious that Stalin had been an ally with Hitler for a time Stalin had resented the United States for not invading Europe to draw part of the German army away from Russia Cold War- A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union in which neither nation directly ...
... The United States was furious that Stalin had been an ally with Hitler for a time Stalin had resented the United States for not invading Europe to draw part of the German army away from Russia Cold War- A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union in which neither nation directly ...
the “Cold War” (1945–1991)
... the “Cold War” (1945–1991) • worldwide debate: which system is better? capitalism or communism? • between: – capitalists: U.S. & its allies (France, Britain, western Europe) – communists: Soviet Union (USSR) & its allies • not actual military conflict • fought as “proxy wars” – examples: Korean War ...
... the “Cold War” (1945–1991) • worldwide debate: which system is better? capitalism or communism? • between: – capitalists: U.S. & its allies (France, Britain, western Europe) – communists: Soviet Union (USSR) & its allies • not actual military conflict • fought as “proxy wars” – examples: Korean War ...
The Cold War
... military troops into Russia. • They backed the White Army, the group resisting Lenin’s Red Army. • They invaded to restore the eastern front in the war effort. • To Lenin, this was an assault on their new revolutionary regime. ...
... military troops into Russia. • They backed the White Army, the group resisting Lenin’s Red Army. • They invaded to restore the eastern front in the war effort. • To Lenin, this was an assault on their new revolutionary regime. ...
Chapter 28: Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1970
... The U.N. was founded in 1945 after the end of WWII, replaced the League of Nations. Goal was to keep peace around the world through ...
... The U.N. was founded in 1945 after the end of WWII, replaced the League of Nations. Goal was to keep peace around the world through ...
Chapter 33: Restructuring the Postwar World, 1945
... • Creation of the United Nations • June 1945, 50 nations form the United Nations— an international organization • All members are represented in the General Assembly; 11 nations are on the Security Council • Five permanent members have Security Council veto power ...
... • Creation of the United Nations • June 1945, 50 nations form the United Nations— an international organization • All members are represented in the General Assembly; 11 nations are on the Security Council • Five permanent members have Security Council veto power ...
Cold War: Truman-JFK
... Aim #70: Why did wartime cooperation between the US and the Soviet Union collapse post World War II? ...
... Aim #70: Why did wartime cooperation between the US and the Soviet Union collapse post World War II? ...